US$8 Million In Projects Approved For Nashik Ahead Of Kumbh Mela

INDIA, July 28, 2013 (The Hindu): Projects worth approx. US$8 million have been sanctioned under the tourism development program in view of the Kumbh Mela scheduled at Nashik in 2015, the Maharashtra Government has said.

To prevent incidents of landslides at the famous Saptshrungi temple at Nanduri near Nashik, the work for rock fall protection at the cost of US$3.6 million will be started soon, state PWD and Tourism Minister Chhagan Bhujbal told reporters here. Also, a skywalk would be constructed in Nanduri at a cost of US$1.3 million.

A US$1.9 million project to install a ropeway from Saptshrungi temple to Markendeya hill will also be taken up before the mega event, he said, adding that a road linking Shivalaya lake, its renovation and beautification of the area will be done at the cost of US$863,000.

Construction works on various ring roads, linking national as well as state highways of 289 miles, costing US$85 million, were also sanctioned by the State Government, which included four-laning of the road from Nashik to the pilgrimage town of Trimbakeshwar and Sinnar to Shirdi, he said.

An additional building at Nashik rest house (Government Circuit House) will be constructed within a year at a cost of US$1.2 million, where suites for VIPs and the general public will be built. The present circuit house at Trimbakeshwar would also be developed by building suites for VVIPs, general public, and other amenities at a cost of US$1.2 million, the minister added.

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